Abstract

The contribution of pitch motion cues to the performance of human pilots in compensatory tracking task are evaluated from pairs of uniquely planned experiments on a motion based research simulator, which allow separation of the visual responses from combined motion-visual responses. Analytical time series human pilot models of the least squares structure are evaluated from the input-output data and the results are discussed in terms of familiar parameters of pilot models and predictor operator. Beneficial contributions of pitch motion cues and subject differences are presented.